The Royal Navy’s First Invincible
by Lavery, Brian
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/vg
- ISBN 10
- 0715390287
- ISBN 13
- 9780715390283
- Seller
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Picton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Invincible Conservations (1744-1758) Ltd.,1988, 119 p., folding line plates, includes index, beautifully illustrated in colour and bw. Very good/vg. It is about the ship, the wreck and the recovery. Built at Rochefort, L'Invincible a revolutionary design of a 74-gun ship was captured by the British in 1747. She had a remarkable career under the White Ensign. HMS Invincible was lost when she ran aground in the Solent in 1758. The ship was rediscovered in 1979 and yielded a large number of important historic artifacts, adding greatly to the knowledge and understanding of shipboard life in the 18th century. A definitive study of the wreck and salvage work.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Naval Marine Archive (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 813618
- Title
- The Royal Navy’s First Invincible
- Author
- Lavery, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Book
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0715390287
- ISBN 13
- 9780715390283
- Publisher
- Invincible Conservations (1744-1758) Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Hampshire, Uk
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 1744 design of ship-of-line, her history, loss and rediscovery.
- Bookseller catalogs
- navy RN;
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